Word: match
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...finds that his forefather, of whom he has been boasting, is a common porter and an "undesirable citizen." He is shocked, and attempts to make out his own destiny by disguising his ancestor and introducing him as the governor of a neighboring settlement; and then tries to arrange a match between his ancestor and Miss Priscilla Melons. Pocahontas is brought in--modern history having shown that she did not actually die in 1617--and she appears at Plymouth with her Culture Club, a band of Indians whom she has educated in England...
...undesirable elements that have blinded many of our elders to the overwhelming advantages. And just there Dr. Sargent points out a duty to the athletes that are representing. Harvard: the duty of remembering that an intercollegiate game, played by picked teams, is no less a game than a tennis match between acquaintances, and governed by the same rules of honor. We believe that this duty is already realized by the majority of American athletes; a fact that makes most of us who are conversant with real conditions, optimistic of the future of intercollegiate athletics in America. As sure as water...
...Legalities won the last match of the second round of the scrub basketball series yesterday afternoon, defeating the Little Cherubs by the score of 27 to 9. In the evening the Ramblers won from the Shots in the first match of the semi-final round, 12 to 9. The other match of the semi-final, between the Strap-Hangers and the Legalities, will probably be played Thursday...
...last match of the second round of the scrub basketball series will be played this afternoon at 4 o'clock between the Little Cherubs and the Legalites. This evening at 8 o'clock the first match of the semi-final round will be played between the Ramblers and the Shots. The other match of the semi-finals, between the Strap-Hangers and the winner of the Little Cherubs vs. Legalites, will probably be played on Thursday, and the final match will be played Saturday...
...determine the sixth member of the team, a match will be played between C. E. Jefferson of Yale and G. Williams of Princeton...